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September 6, 2007
His Holiness Karekin II Defrocks Rev. Fr. Yeprem Sarkisian
His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians,
has issued a Pontifical Order dated September 1, 2007, whereby Rev. Fr.
Yeprem Sarkisian has been defrocked for insubordination.
As of this day, the defrocked clergyman is a member of the laity and shall
be known by his baptismal name of Haroutiun Sarkisian.
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